Officials say four years ago,
there were only eight overdose deaths in Lucas County. Last year that number
jumped to 80, and this year as of May, there were already 60.

Lucas County Sheriff John
Tharp says the sheriff's office is ready to tackle this problem head-on. They
will now start treating overdose deaths as homicides, and go after the dealers
with murder charges.

The sheriff has just dedicated three full-time and one part-time detective to
taking on heroin overdose cases. Those detectives will start investigating
overdoses as homicides.

While new for the county, this
tactic isn't unheard of. Just last month, a Wood County woman, Tricia Miller,
was charged with involuntary manslaughter after police say she supplied heroin
to Daniel Patton, which ultimately killed him.

"Law enforcement agents are fact-finders," Tharp said. "We will get the facts.
We'll do the who, what, when, where and how and turn that over to Prosecutor
Julia Bates' office and go from there."

Some of the areas hit hardest by heroin in Lucas County fall in the zip code
43612, which is in north Toledo. That area has had 87 heroin incidents over
the past year. The central Toledo area under the zip code 43624 is also a
hot bed for heroin.

Police are asking for the public’s help to find a man accused of attacking his own brother. Greater Baton Rouge Crime Stoppers reported Wesley Hampton, 21, is wanted by the Baton Rouge Police Department.

Police are asking for the public’s help to find a man accused of attacking his own brother. Greater Baton Rouge Crime Stoppers reported Wesley Hampton, 21, is wanted by the Baton Rouge Police Department.